Research Topic

Crime & Murders

This topic appears in 122 indexed records between 1789 and 1964.
122 Indexed Records
1789 Earliest Record
1964 Latest Record
Harpers Ferry Strongest Location
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June 14, 2026

Artful Declaration against Irish Landlords

We take from the Wexford Freeman the following description of two men named Redmond and Jackman, convicted of the barbarous murder of the Madozes:– Upon the announcement of the verdict, the prisoner, John Redmond, in a […]
June 12, 2026

Rust Appointed Armory; Dunn Memorials & Cox Appearance

We learn that Gen. GEORGE RUST, of Loudoun, has been appointed Superintendent of the Armory at Harpers Ferry, to fill the place vacated by the melancholy and lamented death of Col. Thomas B. Dunn. Gen. Rust […]
December 27, 2025

McCurdy, Assault agst. Cockrell

George S. Cockrell by his next friend Thomas Cockrell, Plaintiff against John McCurdy, DefendantIn Trespass, Assault and Battery This day came the parties by their attornies and thereupon come a Jury to wit, Francis Yates, Joseph […]
December 27, 2025

Spiritous Liquor W/O License and Unlawful Assembly Charges

The Grand Jury after some time returned into Court and made the following Presentments: Virginia: Seventh District.– Thirteenth Circuit, Jefferson County Superior Court of Law and Chancery, to wit: The Jurors for the Commonwealth of Virginia, […]
December 27, 2025

McDaniel; Trial for Assault

The Same [The Commonwealth], PlaintiffagainstJohn McDaniel alias Jackson McDaniel, Defendant This day came as will the attorney for the Commonwealth as the Defendant by his attorney pleaded not guilty in which plea the attorney for the […]
Time Periods

Time Period Concentration

This topic appears most frequently during the following decades.

1890s 18 records
1830s 17 records
1900s 16 records
1850s 16 records
1860s 12 records
1910s 9 records